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WASHINGTON (July 24, 2014) – First-time homebuyers have been largely absent from the housing market in the current economic recovery, but some metropolitan areas – particularly in the Midwest and West – are well positioned to see increases in...

By Nadia Evangelou, Research Economist William C. Wheaton, Serguei Chervachidze and Gleb Nechayev have published the findings of their research in a paper titled “Error Correction Models of MSA Housing Supply, Elasticities: Implications for Price Recovery[1].” A summary of...

By Selma Hepp, Ph.D., Senior Economist California Association of Realtors, Research and Economics As the housing market shows signs of improvement, a looming question keeps repeating: What is the size of pent-up demand? Answering that question is not easy....

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By Gay Cororaton In the latest data from the Realtors® Confidence Index, 62 percent of respondents to the RCI reported constant prices (30 percent of respondents) or rising prices (32 percent of respondents) compared to a year ago on...